"But these Mullas... they are a cancer"

Like Saddam was a cancer?

"Maybe if they are removed we can have our friends back."

Congratulations, you sound like a neocon circa 2002.

"The kurds have been living in northern Syria for hundreds of years continuously. They are not invaders."

There were Jews who lived in the Palestine areas for many years as well. It was only the Zionists and their overseas supporters who wanted to create an Jewish state. Same with the Kurds. You should recognize the differences between the two, as well as the similarities.

"But I want them gone from this neighborhood."

Rather than call for the wholesale destruction of another country,. maybe you should first remove all the Pertain words in your own national anthem. ;-)

"NATO should be meeting right now throwing Turkey out of the alliance"

If NATO wanted to throw out belligerent, militaristic, war-crime enabling mass murderers, we should have been kicked out long ago.

"is Trump's top concern"

Trump's top concern has always been and always will be, himself.

That would be OK if he was good at what he did. But the only thing he is good at is being good for nothing.

"Haggis? Don't try it... it is every bit as revolting as it sounds."

I had a Moroccan version of HAGGIS this past summer. Most Moroccans (I guess North Africans in general) sacrifice sheep or lamb on their special religious holiday in August and they pretty much eat EVERYTHING except the bones, fur, and the hooves and the lower intestine. They dry and tan the fur so pretty much everything is used in one way or another.

Here is what I witnessed:

1. They slaughter the sheep with the sharpest gnarly-looking knife I've ever seen and then, after it has expired, they hang it from a tree by one of its back legs (like we would hang a deer-- although all of the blood comes out during the slaughter so they don't have that issue of any congealed blood inside the carcass).
2. They cut/pull off the fur and then they remove the lower leg limbs of the three free legs at the knee (they keep these for something but I'm not sure what)
3. They cut off the head and give it to a someone who then uses a blowtorch or something to burn all the hair off of it. Then it is cracked open with a hatchet and the brain is removed (I didn't try the brain). The head is scraped of its char and then is used for a dish but I'm not sure what.
4. They make a vertical cut along the belly and let the stomach and intestines spill into a bucket placed below. They also save the balls--- ouch. They eat those too, but no way, not me!
5. They carefully slice the gall bladder off the liver and then cut out the liver and kidneys. These they usually cook and eat these immediately (the liver was really tasty but the kidneys weren't so good).
6. They cut out the lungs, trachea and the heart, which is cooked immediately as well. They throw the trachea away but they keep the lungs for something. Didn't see what.
7. After this, they butcher the meat of the animal with a hatchet. Incredibly they can do all the above in less that 30 minutes. Its quite amazing to watch.
8. HERE'S WHERE THE HAGGIS PART COMES IN: some poor person (some old lady when I watched) is responsible for cleaning the intestines (used to make sausage) and the stomach. A couple days later they take the stomach and scrape it and then stuff it with diced meat, spices, and bits of the internal organs (just like HAGGIS) and steam it. They made this a few days later and I tried it and it was pretty good-- kinda like HAGGIS but much more flavorful and spicy.

"Let's put that theory to the test."

Words, words, words.

Iran would be a stable and perhaps even pro-western player in the ME if the US had just left it alone, but because of the blow-back from the Shah era, Iran has been in survival mode for the past 40 years.

Anyway, these missiles aren't just to protect Saudi, they are to protect Israel--

Israel couldn't possibly deal with the two-front barrages it would face from both Iran and Hezbollah it a conflict with Iran were to occur. They wouldn't have enough time. This is the reason for their new "relationship" with SA-- they could then focus on the western front and leave the eastern front to the US via Saudi soil.

There are people always screaming to "protect our allies" but when it comes to Israel, they really aren't an ally-- they have been an albatross around the US neck for over 50 years-- they are the primary reason our foreign policy is so ------ up in that region of the world.

The Kurds are their proverbial "canary in a coal mine" The Kurds are like Israel Jr.
Look at who supports the Kurds and 9 times out of 10 they will also be hyper-pro--Israel to the point where you begin to question their primary loyalty to the US.

Rudy is doing his best WTC 7 impression- what we are witnessing is the initial implosion before the free-fall and utter destruction.

"Gotta keep Trump happy."

Shep is one of the fortunate ones leaving Trumptown before the cups of flavor-aid are passed out.

"That's what's called addition by subtraction.""

...which are just two of the many basic mathematical functions which most FOX viewers can't even figure out correctly.

"Coincidence I think not"

Or Shep perhaps realizing that the ship is slowly going down. Better to grab onto something floatable before the whole barnacle encrusted hulk goes completely under.

Gracie loves her some American Pravda.

All major colors, from off the top of my head:

Red Red Wine- UB40
Orange Crush- REM
Mellow Yellow- Donovan
Green Manalishi- Fleetword Mac
Blue Angel- Roy Orbison
Purple Haze- Jimi Hendrix
Black sabbath- Black Sabbath
White Rabbit- Jefferson Airplane
Old Brown Shoe- Beatles
Touch of Gray- Grateful Dead

"And don't even think of using a cell phone in a school zone unless you are prepared to take out a second mortgage on your house to pay the fine."

I miss the good ol' days. Today's school-age children don't jump out of the way from out-of-control automobiles like they used to. What's more, if you end up hitting them, they don't bounce off the bumper as well as they used to-- my guess it has something to do with all those immunizations they have been given by time they are 5. Either that or the lack of extreme amounts of high fructose corn syrup and/or refined sugar in their morning diets.

If evangelicalcoholics can be persuaded by their televangelisatanics like Pat Robertson that President Pence will usher in the Second Coming of course they'll be more inclined to dump Trump.

A king is not a king until someone or some group fashions the throne that he will eventually sit upon.

"Ellen is a class lady"

Usually, except when she hobnobs with psychopathic war criminals and terrorist-enablers who should be in jail for the rest of their lives.

"How many mirror failures are you aware of?"

In my personal experience, just one. Coincidentally, it was the same day I found out that I was a vampire.

"Just another gadget to add to the cost od a car and another think that can go wrong"

You said it. As my 134 year old great-great-grandfather is wont to say while cantankerously rocking away in his rocking chair on that creaky old confederate-flag-draped Alabamee porch of his: "They shoulda never invented that goddam wheel-- look at how many dead people from car accidents and licensed ------- and women and wasted taxpayer dollars it has gotten us!! It's all a damned Yankee liberal trick!"

"Syrian Christians to US: Don't Abandon Us Now'"

The consequences of Ellen DeGeneres' friend Bush's evangelical military 'Crusade' continues to reverberate across the region over 15 years later.

They should replace every mirror and window with cameras and send the feed to an app on my smartphone so I can see where I am going while I am busy texting.

"I'd much prefer to ignore you"

I'm sure if it was in your power of will to do so, you would.

"We all understand that but is sort of disqualifies them for NATO membership."

Not quite. They are one of the very few countries that bridges two continents, and because of that it gives them some leverage over both eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia. As a result, NATO (as long as it exists) needs Turkey and Turkey needs NATO. Symbiotic relationships might have their issues but generally they work well.

#48 and if that scenario comes to pass, I'll make sure I send you the password to my account so you can login as me and write and post whatever you see fit.